If people would take it upon themselves to heed God’s alarm clock, they would not be considered by Him to be ‘wicked,’ & would thus have opportunity to not suffer the consequences of missing His presence!

Genesis records the wanton wickedness of humanity & its repercussions.

Repercussion—An unintended consequence occurring some time after an event or action, esp. an unwelcome one.

Wanton wickedness invites repercussion.

How/When does wickedness invite repercussion?

7 channels thru which wickedness invites repercussion.

7 aberrations of wickedness that invite repercussion.

We have seen previously that Wickedness invites Repercussion thru...

1. Aberrant RELATIONSHIPs(:1-2)

2. Aberrant BURDENs(:3)

3—Wickedness invites repercussion thru...

Aberrant STANCE(:4)

Explanation: (:4)

:4—“There were giants on the earth in those days, & also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men & they bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.”

This situation of (“giants on the earth”) was evidently still present after the world-wide Flood into Moses’ time(he is the writer of Genesis!)—hence the phrase “also afterward, when.”

“Afterward,” in postdiluvian times, these ‘giants’ are never presented as some strange mixture of humanity with the demonic—although that which was demonic may have had a tremendously influential relationship upon them!

These are only men, although they were definitely ferocious, brutish, or animalistic in behavior. Thus there is no real mystery to the designations “sons of God” & their relationship to the “daughters of men.”

The presence of these Nephilim(so-called “giants”) ‘SEEMS’ to be directly tied to the “sons of God going in to the daughters of men.” A noteworthy outworking of the progeny of this union ‘MAY’ have been the Nephilim or “mighty men.

*However, this statement that the Nephilim were present “when”, may simply be a statement that the Nephilim were ‘absolutely not’ a result of the union of “the sons of God with the “daughters of men.” They were merely present in the same time-period. This would be evidenced by the Nephilim being present “also afterward.”

These “men of renown” are mentioned because they are readily noteworthy.

*“Renown” has a neutral connotation. It is qualified by its context. One can either be a renowned farmer or citizen OR a renowned murderer or dictator.

These Nephilim(?) were of some notoriety & ferocious reputation among men whose demeanor was quite unlike them.

*This fits in especially well with an understanding of the “sons of God” being the sons thru whom Noah was produced.